In re M.T.

Respondent appealed from a trial court order finding that the respondent's minor children were abused and neglected due to an injurious environment and substantial risk of physical injury and that adjudged the minors the wards of the court. On appeal, respondent argued that the trial court's findings of sexual abuse and neglect were improperly based on out-of-court statements of the victim that were not sufficiently corroborated and that the trial court erred in qualifying the victim's therapist as an expert witness. The appellate court affirmed, finding that there was sufficient corroboration and that the trial court properly allowed the victim's therapist to testify as an expert and to provide some of the corroboration for the out-of-court testimony. (MITCHELL and NAVARRO, concurring).